1993, ISBN: 9780809472666

St. Paul, Minnesote: Phalanx Publishing Co. Ltd., 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Prelims plus 201pp., appendices, ill., maps. … Mehr…

St. Paul, Minnesote: Phalanx Publishing Co. Ltd., 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Prelims plus 201pp., appendices, ill., maps. "This book provides a stunning view of the war in the Western Desert across the borders of Egypt and Libya during 1941-1942 at a time when the British Empire stood alone against the Axis. It is the history of 451 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, as seen through the eyes of an RCAF pilot."., Phalanx Publishing Co. Ltd., 1993, 3, Time Life Classics of WW 2 series, hardbound, imitation leather,gilt page edges, 6 x 9, FINE condition, 443 pages.-------------------A writer's most important gift is his eye. In Horned Pigeon, George Millar casts an unblinking gaze over the events and people surrounding his twenty-month incarceration as a prisoner of war and his arduous escape through Germany, France, and Spain. The result is a vivid portrait of wartime Europe and the men, women, and young children who daily risked death in their personal secret wars against the Germans.Millar was born in 1910 and educated at Cambridge as an architect: he practiced his profession for two years, but found it too sedentary for his restless nature and abandoned it to become a journalist. Stationed in France when the curtain of war drew across Europe, Millar reported from the western front and later joined the Eighth Army. In 1941, while commanding a scout platoon in North Africa, he was captured and shipped to prison camps in Italy.A loner by nature, Millar discovered a bond with his fellow prisoners that transcended the grim conditions under which they lived. "So long as you were certain that you were sharing things you felt that anything could be faced," he says of that period inHorned Pigeon. The prisoners repeatedly tried to escape, tunneling by hand through walls of rock and pilfering uniforms to create "passable" clothing., for daylight attempts. As punishment following one aborted bid for freedom, Millar was sent to Gavi, near Genoa. Reputed to be the worst of camps, Gavi offered Millar a home among exceptional men who remained undaunted by the repeated failures of their escape efforts. Following the Italian armistice, the prisoners were loaded onto cattle cars and taken to Germany, where Millar and a fellow prisoner leaped from the window of a moving train.His escape into France and, finally, across the Pyrenees into Spain was made possible by dozens of people in quiet conspiracy against the Reich., 0<

1969, ISBN: 9780809472666

Oosterbeek: : Adremo,, 1969. , 1969. 9th Amplified edition. 57p. + photos. Mackenzie was principal staff officer of the 1st British Airborne Division. Forward by Urquhart. Text in Englis… Mehr…

Oosterbeek: : Adremo,, 1969. , 1969. 9th Amplified edition. 57p. + photos. Mackenzie was principal staff officer of the 1st British Airborne Division. Forward by Urquhart. Text in English & Dutch. Wraps. Near Fine Copy. Paperback. Near Fine., Adremo,, 1969., 1969, 4<

ISBN: 9780809472666

London: William heinemann ltd, 1953. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. HARDCOVE CONDITION GOOD. 443 p. Classics of World War II. the Secret War. Audience: General/trade., William heinem… Mehr…

London: William heinemann ltd, 1953. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. HARDCOVE CONDITION GOOD. 443 p. Classics of World War II. the Secret War. Audience: General/trade., William heinemann ltd, 1953, 2.5<